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From western deserts to Carolina swamps : a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / edited by John P. Wilson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908.
Contributor:
Wilson, John P. (John Philip), 1935-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sherman's March to the Sea--Sources.
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Sources.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
Sherman's March through the Carolinas--Sources.
Sherman's March through the Carolinas.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States.
Southwest, New--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
Southwest, New.
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865).
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 7th.
Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908--Diaries.
Roe, Lewis Franklin.
Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908--Correspondence.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (294 p.)
Place of Publication:
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
These journals and letters offer details of an epic march from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to New Mexico, a firsthand account of the Battle of Valverde, and a soldier's efforts to understand ongoing events as the country rushed toward the outbreak of hosti
Contents:
The search for Lewis Roe
Retracing the march of the 7th Infantry, June-August 1860
Fort Bridger to Fort Craig : Lewis Roe's 1860 diary
Escort duty in the Southwest and the Battle of Valverde
Reenlistment, joining Sherman's army, and the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign, February-May 22, 1864
Rome, Georgia, and the Battle of Allatoona, May 23-November 9, 1864
The march to the sea, November 10-December 14, 1864
Savannah, Georgia, December 15, 1864-January 26, 1865
Up through the Carolinas, January 27-March 27, 1865
End of the war and home again, April-July 1865.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781283636650
1283636654
9780826351449
0826351441
OCLC:
817819334

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